Ebony Surname
Approximately 531 people bear this surname
Ebony Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 344 | 1:514,950 | 25,488 |
| Uganda | 111 | 1:351,705 | 23,045 |
| Israel | 35 | 1:244,504 | 22,492 |
| Iran | 31 | 1:2,476,856 | 81,358 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ebony (38,674) may also be a first name.
Ebony Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ebony Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ebony has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ebony? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 588,441st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 13,724,192 people. The last name Ebony occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Ebony live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 22,865th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 38,674 people.
The last name Ebony is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 344 people, or 1 in 514,950. In Nigeria Ebony is primarily found in: Cross River, where 53 percent live, Abia, where 8 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 21 percent live and Israel, where 7 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ebony
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